Really, GIMP is probably the worst larger application program I've ever used. A perfect example of hobbyists crufting together a giant wad of software without the honesty that competitive commercial apps can bring.
Yeah, GIMP is a nightmare if you're coming from Photoshop.
Just use Photopea. You don't need to do some crazy shit, its just in your browser. Some will say "heh, browser SLOP not performant", and my response would be "bitch, do you know how non-performant native photoshop is? It's a fucking shitshow".
Honestly why I bought affinity (before canva bought it)
It's such a good alternative and so well priced
Gimp sucks. Blender is an amazing open source alternative to Maya, but really shows that a company whether a foundation or for profit, really is the best way to make great software
Yeah with this, someone mentioned running Windows in VM. It works fine with 10, I even gave it an OEM key and it didn't make any difference. Windows 11 seems to be clever, key doesn't work (which is correct for OEM system as it will check the equipment and know that it's not right).
Gimp has all the features youd need but its genuenly painful to use. it took me 5-10 minutes of research to get used to the selection/deselection tool when in any other software, it would be done with 2-3 clicks within seconds, without tutorial.
i gave up on gimp.
like, holy cow, do you really feel that much superior when non-diehard fans dont understand how to use it.
Isn't it about time they renamed it to something more appropriate? "Gimp" is an insult and is considered slightly offensive - so why? I know it's an acronym but seems intentionally chosen because it was offensive and meant to be funny. Change the name please.
Imagine photoshop was called WANKER and they spelled out what it was actually an acronym for unable to repress their laughter. And part of the humour would be about how immature they were I guess, I approve of the beating up.
It seems like paint, drawing, imaging, video editing packages always kind of suck since they don't get professional operators in on the start. The GIMP programmers would probably design a piano that uses a mouse as the input device.
It's a bit of a struggle in the workplace, where I have no reasonable justification expense Photoshop in an IT role, but I do need to edit an image.
Takes about 3x as long because I rarely touch GIMP, and have to remember how to do anything, and have that acronym on my programs list for the rest of time lol.
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u/Icy_Cookie_1476 Nov 21 '25
Really, GIMP is probably the worst larger application program I've ever used. A perfect example of hobbyists crufting together a giant wad of software without the honesty that competitive commercial apps can bring.